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Bürheid /pyrheit/ is a Talmic language closely related to Qazhrian. It's a part of the Yekhan Sprachbund. Bürheid and Qazhrian were originally part of a common dialect continuum.
Todo
-eid: a nationality suffix related to the -eid in Rhythoed?
Phonology
Ufirlandisg and Estonian-inspired.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nj /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/, c /ts/ | kj /c/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/, x /dz/ | gj /ɟ/ | g /g/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | sh /ʃ/ | c'h /x/ | ħ /χ/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | zh /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | ||||
| Liquid | r /ɾ/, rr /r/ | l /ɴ̆~ʟ/ | ||||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | y /j/ | ||||||
Consonants: m n ny ng p b t d ty gy k g q /ʔ/ f v sz c dz z s zs sy zy x gh h r l /w/ j (going Hungarian) (s zs = retro, ty gy sy zy = alveolopalatal)
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/, ü /y/ | í /iː/, ű /yː/ | u /u/ | ú /uː/ | ||
| Close-mid | e /ə/ | é /ɤː/ | ||||
| Open | (i)e, (ü)e [æ~ɛ] | (i)é, (ü)é [æː~ɛː] | a /a/ | á /aː/ | (u)o /ɔ/ | (u)ó /ɔː/ |